WackoWiki vs. PukiWiki vs. LynxWiki

General Features WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
Version
6.3.0
1.5.1
1.3.0.0
Last Release Date
2026-07-18 (9 days ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
2013-08-02 (12 years ago)
Last Update here
2026-07-18 (9 days ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
2013-08-29 (12 years ago)
Author
WackoWiki Team
PukiWiki Development Team
J.W. Davidson
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Apache License 2.0
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
C#
Data Storage
Database
Files
Database, Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop
One theme, one PukiWiki
small organization to enterprise
System Requirements WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
Operating System
OS Independent
OS independent
Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
run with the appserver/webserver of your choice
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
IIS7 or IIS8
Other Requirements
mod_rewrite (optional)
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
IronPython
Datastorage WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
Text Files
No
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
MariaDB
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
MS SQL, MS SQL Express
Security/Anti-Spam WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
LDAP (patch), ActiveDirectory
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
MS Membership and Roles
Host Blocking
Optional
Patch
Yes
Mail Encryption
Optional
No
No
nofollow
Optional
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
Patch
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Yes
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
Yes
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
55 ⭐
N/A
N/A
Common Features WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
No
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
To current
Between all
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Special Features WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
No
No
Interface Languages
34
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
1
English
Email notification
Yes
Yes
No
Comments
Flat
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
No
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
No
Yes
Conflict Handling
Page Locking
Conflict Detection
None
Concurrent Editing
No
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Patch
No
No
Structured Data
Plugin
No
Yes
Links WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Yes
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
Patch
Yes
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Yes
Syntax Features WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
HTML Tags
All
Plugin
None
Math formulas
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
Yes
BBCode Support
Patch
No
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Optional
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
No
FAQ Tags
No
No
Yes
Scripting
actions (PHP)
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
IronPython
Content Includes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Usability WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
Section Editing
Yes
Patch
No
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
No
Double-Click Edit
Yes
No
No
Toolbar
Yes
Patch
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Plugin
No
No
Access Keys
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Signature
Yes
No
No
Statistics WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
Plugin
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
Plugin
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
No
No
Analysis
Plugin
No
No
Output WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
No
RSS Feeds
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ATOM Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Abbreviations
Patch
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Plugin
No
HTML Export
Yes
No
Yes
XML export
Yes
No
No
PDF Export
Patch
No
No
Office Export
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Media Revisions
No
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Yes
Plugin
No
Embedded Video
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
Plugin
No
No
Media Search
Contents
No
Contents
Extras WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Plugin
No
Image Galleries
Plugin
No
No
Presentations
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Optional
Optional
Yes
Blogs
Optional
Optional
Yes
Ticket System
No
Optional
No
Chat
Patch
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples WackoWiki PukiWiki LynxWiki
Internal Link 
[[InternalLink]] 
((InternalLink))
[[InternalLink alternate text]]
CamelCase
 
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
 
CamelCase
"display text":DisplayText
External Link 
https://wackowiki.org
[[https://wackowiki.org WackoWiki]]
[[Wikipedia:WackoWiki]]
 
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]

http://www.wikimatrix.org
"Wiki Matrix":http://www.wikimatrix.org
"this is a link (optional tooltip)":http://www.microsoft.com
Headlines 
== Level 1 ==
=== Level 2 ===
==== Level 3 ====
===== Level 4 =====
====== Level 5 ======
 
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
 
!!Header 2
!!!Header 3
!!!!!!Header 6
Bold Format 
**bold**
 
''bold''
 
*bold*
'''bold'''
Italics Format 
//italics//
 
'''italic'''
 
_italics_
Underline Format 
__underline__
 
%%%underlined%%%
 
+underlined+
Monospace Format 
##monospace##
 
N/A
 
[indent single space]
@mono space on single line@
@@ start on multiline with end @@
Strikethrough Format 
--strikethrough--
 
%%strikethrough%%
 
-strikethrough-
Superscript Format 
^^superscript^^
 
N/A
 
superscript^234^
Subscript Format 
,,subscript,,
 
N/A
 
water: H~2~O
Images 
((image.png))
file:image.png
https://example.com/image.png
 
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
 
[image:/LynxWiki/Attachments/upload/images/IMG_2002.jpg]
http://www.example.org/someimage.jpg
Aligning Text 
{html}<div align="right">{html}

%%(wacko wrapper="text" wrapper_align="center")
content%%
 
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
 
N/A
Text Indentation 
one
two
 
N/A
 
N/A
Bulleted Lists 
*one
**One-two
*two
*three

- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2

* first bullet (8 spaces)
* first sub item bullet
* second item
Numbered Lists 
1. numbered List
1. numbered List-2
2.#8 numbered List, with break



+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
 
1. first numbered item
1. second item
Definition Lists 
{html}<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>{html}
 
:term|definition
 
N/A
Horizontal Rule 
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